Planning underway for the Taste of Annandale 5K Race on April 29
Save the date – Registration will open soon for the Taste of Annandale 5K Race on April 29.
The race will start at 9:30 a.m., just before the start of the Taste of Annandale community festival at 10 a.m. Runners should meet at the Eastgate shopping center parking lot on John Marr Drive.
The course will head down Columbia Pike to Mason District Park, go through the park, and return along Columbia Pike back to the starting point. Walkers are welcome to participate, too.
The Taste of Annandale 5K will be officially certified, so serious runners can use it as a qualifier for other races. Nova Race Timing is handling the logistics.
Runners will get T-shirts and bibs. A local fitness trainer will lead warmup exercises. Snacks and water will be available.
There will be medals for the fastest male and female runners in several age categories, as well as medals for the top finalists.
Registration is $30 for adults and $20 for runners up to age 14. The costs will increase by $5 after April 9.
For more information about the 5K, contact Robert O’Quinn, 703-347-3579, [email protected].
Hope I’m wrong – but road races, farmers markets, art galleries, pop up parks, and concerts will all be a thing of the past. Once baby boomer community engagement peaks and declines, Annandale will just be vape shops, thrift stores, and homeless shelters. Let’s hope I’m wrong – but the current County Board and staff are certainly pointing us in that direction. Bye to Lake Accotink, refusing to stop dumping on Americana drive, allowing multi-family rezoning in established neighborhoods, murder at ATM and zero police reaction, major bank branch closing as a result – no community or govt reaction. Multiple junk stores thriving. These are all signs of community decline imho.
Yeah, you’re wrong. If you have nothing positive to say, please be quiet. Being negative certainly won’t make anything better. I’m so done with the haters on this site. If you hate it here so much, leave.
With a growing vagrant homeless population (see Post Office story), and 19%+ of affordable housing (and growing), aka cheap, housing concentrated in Mason District …. what kind of high-market development and community were you expecting? The Mason District Supervisor, Planning Commission, and developers are actively working to turn Mason into the “affordable” part of Fairfax so it doesn’t impact Tysons and other areas.
We all know poor people are criminals right? I don’t understand. Regular people need places to live as well and you’re attitude about making room for them somewhere is pathetic, biased, and childish. Have some empathy for people. Is it that hard for you? If you have nothing positive to say, please be quiet. Being negative certainly won’t make anything better. I’m so done with the haters on this site. If you hate it here so much, leave.
Maybe you’re putting a negative filter on when reading the concerns of your neighbors? That doesn’t seem very empathetic. Folks are watching their once lovely community slowly erode – while BoS give themselves a pay raise. They’re suggestions are actually rather positive like – “please arrest law breakers” “please hire more officers” “please enforce zoning” “please use our taxes wisely” — your negative impressions could be influenced by your bias against community members who want to keep their old community safe for all?